xxleannexx

Hi there im 18 and will be a single parent even tho me and the babies dad are still good mates and he will paying towards the baby. i sort of kno what benefits im entitled to but dnt have a clue how i go about claiming them, i nearly 27 weeks now so need to get it sorted asap but my midwife has not given me any help and i dnt kno who i need to go and see? anybody know?? thank you xxx

Tilly

When you have your baby you get a bounty pack.. in there you will find the application form for child benefit. If there is a problem (which there shouldn't be, just saying) just look on their site for their number and order a pack. It's very simple.
You should also get tax credits I believe, but to be honest.. I don't remember either! sorry.. don't know if we contacted them or vice versa.

Hope someone else can help you out a bit more on that one, check out their sites too if you're not 100%. I was confused at first too..

xxleannexx

Thank you, ive tried calling so many people and kno one has helped me at all! i was given a bounty pack but i dnt think there was a form in there! oh well i will just check there website. thanks again!

Tilly

The bounty pack I mean is the one you have AFTER you've had your baby as you need the birth certificate to claim. You get it in hospital, don't worry.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTax...its/DG_4015478

xxleannexx

Oh lol thats prob why i couldnt find it! maybe im stressing out abit too much and trying to sort things out tht i cnt even do until she has arrived. thanks.

Tilly

I was the same, chill out it's all fine. They backdate it to when your baby was born too, so you won't lose anything.

Arcanegirl

Your local jobcentre will be able to give you advice and forms aswell

Tilly

That should win comment of the year.

Wobbles

What comment?

What benefits do you think your entitled to?

Do you work? If you don't what income to you recieve already?

Some benefits can be applied for online - not all of them though and depending on circumstances you could either phone to ask for the form or nip into the job centre - again all depending on what your circumstances are to what you need.

Tilly

About the Job Centre, they gave me nothing but hassle when I was pregnant.. unhelpful gits the majority of them! I would ask this one woman what I was entitled to etc and she would say with a blank look on her face "I don't know" so id have to say "erm, well can you ask someone who does maybe?" Then I was asked when I heavily pregnant, at those interviews you have every so often, why I hadn't found a full time job yet. Seriously, it's a joke. Don't get me started on the Income Support, thats a different thread.